Tuesday, March 24, 2009

BEARS...

This was such a very fun day. I was able to go to work with Derrick, they

were checking on Mama Bears in their dens to see if they had any cubs and how many.

They will later find the mother bear using radio collars to see how many of the cubs survive.

What we got to do is first we found the den and then Derrick tranquilized the mama bear

while she was asleep they pulled her out of the den and found one cub. So they got the cub out

to weigh him and of course to be cuddled and loved by the humans.

What a cute little cub he weighs 4 lbs. so tiny and cute.

I loved his little ears they were so tiny and soft.

It was a colder day so we had to keep him all wrapped up. I lovehow his paws were like little hands. he would wrap his little fingers aroundmy thumb and hold it just like a baby would do.

This is the mama bear. Even though she was asleep I was totally freaked out to get soclose. She was still breathing like normal and when she would breath her head would move just a little. It was a very cool experience.

Here is baby cub holding my thumb.And again only this time check out his claws. They are so long already and sharpas razors. But to get to hold one so small is totally worth the pain of a scratch.